A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Santa Teresa in Nicaragua. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 03:58:55 / March 12, 2025 @ 3:58 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.084 km (78 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.3167 West, latitude 11.6275 North, depth = 126.084 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000py8v. Unique identifier: us6000py8v. The temblor was detected at 03:58:55 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Managua (c. 973 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Masaya (c. 130 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tipitapa (c. 127 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Granada (c. 89 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ciudad Sandino (c. 70 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Diriamba (c. 35 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Paz Centro, Nagarote, Tipitapa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km SW of Santa Teresa, Nicaragua.
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